Our 3-Step Escape Plan

  • First Escape Route
  • Second Escape Route
  • Meeting Place
Notes

Use this space to note any additional information about your escape plan, i.e. who will assist

Your checklist

  • Get low

    Smoke is poisonous and more deadly than flames.

    If you breathe smoke for more than a few breaths it can kill you.

  • Be fast

    A house fire can kill you in less than three minutes.

    Don't spend time trying to save possessions.

  • Close doors

    A closed door buys you time.

    It slows down the spread of fire, giving you more time to get to safety.

  • Get out - stay out!

    People have died by going back into a fire.

    Don't leave the meeting place to go back inside for any reason.

Call emergency services as soon as you are out and safe. Ask for FIRE.

Clearly state your address and let the operator know it anyone is still inside or has not made it to the safe meeting place.

Emergency call 111 Emergency text 111

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Outdoor fires discouraged in Auckland Region

News and media|25 Hereturikōkā 2021

Fire and Emergency New Zealand urges households, lifestyle block owners and landowners not to burn outdoor fires during lockdown, to save firefighters having to respond to calls from anxious neighbours and break their COVID-19 bubbles.

Cantabrians urged - do not light outdoor fires

News and media|22 Whiringa-ā-nuku 2024

Fire and Emergency New Zealand is asking people in Canterbury not to light outdoor fires over the next few days.

Cyclone Gabrielle Update #1

News and media|12 Huitanguru 2023

Fire crews are responding to a slow but steady stream of 111 calls for assistance as winds are strengthening from Northland to the Coromandel and beyond.

Hands up: Anyone for a promotion? Does Fire and Emergency have a challenge advancing firefighters into management roles? [2021] - Report #179
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The research aims to understand what the motivators, barriers and enablers to progress from a Senior Station Officer to an Executive Officer are

Emergency Services Information Summary for Service Stations

Found in: Outdoor and rural fire safety | Hazardous substances

To ensure we can respond to incidents involving hazardous substances promptly and safely, Fire and Emergency needs to have accurate information about those substances and where they are located.

Kaikōura celebrates opening of state-of-the-art station

News and media|22 Hōngongoi 2023

The Kaikōura Volunteer Fire Brigade and community celebrated the official opening of its new fit-for-purpose station today.

Manawatū Whanganui moves back to an open fire season

News and media|30 Poutūterangi 2022

The Manawatū Whanganui fire District has moved back to an open fire season as of 8 am, Wednesday 30 March.

This applies to all areas within Horowhenua, Ruapehu, Manawatū, Rangitikei, Whanganui District Councils and the Palmerston North City Council.

Be firewise this Guy Fawkes

News and media|30 Whiringa-ā-nuku 2020

Fire and Emergency wants a much safer and less eventful Guy Fawkes this year.